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Realgar, also known as male essence, is a traditional Chinese medicine. Warm, toxic, efficacy, detoxification, insecticide, snake bites, etc. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, realgar is both poisonous and anti-snake venom, which can be taken internally (generally not taken internally) and externally (mainly used externally).
Although the venomous snake is venomous, it can also be poisoned when it encounters realgar (this is the case with all kinds of snakes), and the serious ones can also die. It is called realgar wine, that is, an appropriate amount of realgar is added to the wine, and it is a traditional Chinese medicine wine. In the legendary story "The Legend of the White Snake", as soon as Bai Suzhen drank the realgar wine given by Xu Xian, the original form of the snake immediately appeared.
Although this is a plot of literary and artistic processing, it also shows that snakes are afraid of realgar, so people use realgar to deal with poisonous snakes.
On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, people drink a little and wipe a little realgar wine, on the one hand, it is to celebrate the festival, and on the other hand, it has the effect of detoxification and snake repellent. During the Dragon Boat Festival, the climate is mild, it is the time when all kinds of insects and snakes breed and activities are rampant, and children like to run around the mountains and wilderness, if they smear a little realgar, the snake will automatically run away as soon as it smells the smell of realgar, so as to avoid the danger of snake bites, so it is a certain scientific reason to smear a little realgar wine on children.
People will not be poisoned when they smell the smell of realgar wine.
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If you inhale too much, you will be poisoned. The main chemical component of realgar is arsenic disulfide. Realgar is converted into arsenic trioxide through a chemical reaction when heated, which is a highly toxic arsenic.
It can be seen that those who inhale too much. The short time is ten minutes, the elderly will be poisoned in 4 to 5 hours, and the mild ones will be poisoned by pain behind the skull, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, and "rice swill" in the stool, and the severe ones will die.
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No, realgar wine is not poisonous.
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Humans and animals have different sense of smell. People smell realgar is fragrant, but also to ward off evil spirits, away from pests. And snakes, insects and ants smell realgar, which is a threat of chasing life, so they are avoided!
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It's very fragrant. No wonder the White Snake drank it.
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Is it fragrant? I don't think realgar wine is fragrant, right?
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Drinking realgar wine is harmful. According to relevant information, realgar, also known as cockscomb, is a mineral containing arsenic, mercury and other toxic substances, mainly used as an antidote and insecticide.
Folklore experts reminded that because realgar is easy to decompose into arsenic trioxide when exposed to heat, it is highly toxic, and even if it is taken in small amounts, it will have a great impact on the human liver. Therefore, on the occasion of the Dragon Boat Festival, people should not prepare realgar wine, so as not to cause poisoning.